Say I'm a teacher and I'm looking for a set phrase used for asking a pupil to come over the blackboard, e.g. at the beginning of a lesson. After the activity the pupil is assessed and marked... but how can I put this... "come to the

Dear Forum Readers, I am a second year bachelor student. I am applying for an exchange programme. Would someone be so kind to give my motivation letter small review and check it on grammar, spelling, fluency, etc.. Thank you very very much!

CalJim in Feb 06, wrote: 'Actually, the subjective/objective distinction is of extremely little importance to American speakers. Typically "must" is used as an epistemic modal almost exclusively in ordinary conversation, and

s the second example incorrect? Should it not read, 'the person ( whom) I spoke to knows you? If it is the object of the verb it should be in the objective case... Am I correct? You are correct. The unfortunate thing is that after you go

I have always heard in conversation - that must be him / her on the phone. Of course we say:He is on the phone now. Grammatically, "that must be him" it is not strictly correct, since the case of a pronoun after "be" is

Can we use an adverb with either of the participles? Yes! Why not? Running quickly, she reached the museum out of breath. Published daily, the Podunk Gazette is the best newspaper in town. Stealthily creeping through the long grass, the fox was as

This conversation is long over, but the information in it isn't entirely correct. Semicolons can be used with conjunctive adverbs (which are not standard conjunctions) to link two independent clauses. A quick Internet search brought me to

. The primary determinant is context, Simon. In a real conversation, it would usually be obvious without further defining words: A: What's your job, Pheme? P: I spread rumours. B: What did they arrest you for, Pheme? P: I spread rumours.

Hi, You wrote: I learn from a grammar book that a small set of verbs of communication such as "tell", "say" and "hear" can be used in simple present tense even though the act of telling, saying or hearing happened in

I find that something that requires physical energy gives life and enrgy to a class. Yesterday in class (beginning level), some of my students were omitting "a" in saying "I have a pen". They would say "I have pen."